Studio programmes

Jungle Run

I chose this show because it has a lot of similarities to our studio show Mission Control. There are a few games along the way that help to 'power up' the last one and depending on how you did in the games before you get a certain time limit to do the last task. Obviously Jungle Run had a way bigger budget and a way bigger set that let them have more challenging quests, but at the same time, the show is meant for older kids than ours was. 

From the camera perspective, there's always a following shot when they are running from one game to another, there's also an establishing shot, usually from the jib, which we tried to do on our show, but at the end, it was too risky to use. 

Something different from our show was that they didn't have an audience on set, but the host interacts with the viewers at home. As well as there's a pre-titles sequence of the host introducing the show, he and the kids run off and then they play their titles which works as a great transition.

The titles themselves show what this show is about, goes through different quests and ends with the boy jumping into the jungle king's temple. 

While still running to the first game they introduce themselves with graphics on the screen illustrating what they're saying. In our show, we did it on set with no graphics and it was the voice of OBIC who introduced the kids to everyone.

The host introduces the premise of the show to kids and to the viewers.

 There's a handheld camera that shows the main temple through the bushes as if it was a contestant. There are a lot of CUs on kids faces to show their reactions. The cameras don't look very stable, there's some shakiness in the shots which adds to the feeling as if the viewer is there.

When they run off to the game there's a sting of a map and the location where they're going. We decided against stings on our show because the set is too small and in the end, our host did what he called 'a Crystal Maze thing' where he would run around the set with the kids giving it a bit more humour. 

For every game there's a wide shot of it from a high angle, another wide where there're graphics highlighting the baskets, then there are medium shots of the whole group and the host explaining what the game is about, some CUs of the host and to see kids reactions. During the game: jib shots, mostly long/wide shots, MCUs of the host, there are more MCUs on the kids as the game progresses. CUs on basket and statues. It's pretty much every game they play.

In the end there are CUs on the prizes and kids faces to show their reactions.

The Chase

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The host welcomes everyone to the game, roll titles, the contestants introduce themselves in an MCU. The host says who plays first against the chaser, there's a sting.

Host and the first contestant have a chat about her and how she's feeling about the game, how well she thinks she can do this. They make a few jokes to ease the tension and crack on with the game. There's mostly Mid shots and a shot of her teammates laughing. 

During the first quiz to keep the dynamic and audience attention, there are a lot of different shots like low jib angle and pull focus from her teammate to her. When time is up there's a jib shot coming down. Their mid shots are broken up with wides, usually from the jib or just a low angle. 

The chasers get introduced. they cut between the VT of the chasers poses and a high jib angle. Chat between the host and the contestant is a mix of CUs and 2shots. Wide when the chaser comes in. There are a lot of different shots of the contestants zooming in from wide to a CU as well as jib shots. MCU on the chaser and the contestant, when the host buts into their conversation they go to 2shot to show that he's still there. A quick wide to show where the 'ladder' screen is, then it cuts to the screen. Group shot of contestants, go into a CU when they're speaking. When there's music the shots cut to it and the shots just before the game build tension by quickly zooming in to contestants and the chaser's face also there a lot of moving jib shots.
During the game, there's a jib shot when the question is being read, zoom in shots of the chaser and contestant, wide shot while answering the question. Shot when the host is talking to the contestant, mid shot of the chaser and mid shot of the host when talking to the chaser. Then the shot of the board to see if anyone moves up or down. Most of it repeats with every question and every contestant.

In the end game, there are way more wide shots over the contestants and the whole set.

The audience is heard throughout the whole show, we can hear them laughing and clapping but never get to see them

The show ends on a jib shot going up